Kirstin Beardsley

Providing recommendations on changes to the Nutrition North Program. Advocate for enhanced Local Food Infrastructure Fund to support the food banking network. Advocate for the growing demand and needs of the food banking network in the Food Security Strategy Make the Canada Disability Benefit adequate and accessible, ensuring the benefit removes people with disabilities from poverty Introduction of a Groceries and Essentials Benefit targeted at Canadians who are low income Modernize the EI system by expanding support for precarious, gig, and self-employed workers Increase federal investment in northern communities to help reduce domestic food insecurity in the North Conversion of Non-Refundable Tax Credits to Refundable Tax Credits Changes to the Working Income Tax Benefit pertaining to tax credit levels Changes to the Guaranteed Income Supplement, with respect to amounts paid to beneficiaries Changes to funding and evaluation of active labour market programming Changes to federal investment in affordable housing to help reduce the cost of housing Better federal supports for single adults living on low incomes